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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT. 1936
Nuisance Orders; 14 days 5
21 days 1
28 days 1
Summons withdraws 6 (Work completed)
Summons adjourned 2
Proceedings for: Recovery of Costs -
Power of Entry -
SEWERAGE
The sewerage system is part of the London main drainage scheme.
Some of the Borough Council's sewers are very old and deteriorating
and the Council has a scheme for their reconstruction.
WATER SUPPLY
The domestic water supply of the Borough is supplied by t he
Metropolitan Water Board, and has been satisfactory in quality and
quantity.
During the year, 2 complaints were received. The Metropolitan
Water Board was informed and the samples analysed, and found satisfactory.
Whilst the Board from time to time draws samples for bacteriological
and chemical examination, samples of drinking water have
been taken by the Public Health Inspectors and submitted to the Public
Analyst who has reported in each case that the supply was satisfactory.
In many of the old tenement buildings the water supply is communal,
there being taps on the staircase landings whilst in others
the water passes through storage tanks on the roofs. The indirect
supply of water for drinking purposes has been considered in a number
of cases to be unsatisfactory and representations have been made to
the owners with a view to all taps being supplied direct from the
rising main.